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>> this guy was my fantastic, magnet, bossy, difficult, older brother carl. he was the red state to my blue state. all you have to understand to know about how complicated and difficult this relationship was my first memory of my brother was with when he sail me out a window when i was 2 years old and in the san antonio emergency room with a cut on my eye brow. he gave me the gift of a hard head. he went from there to being the youngest member of the john berk society and coming into my room to smash my joan biaz records because she was on the list. he was complicated, but saying all of that he was mysterious. he grew up to be a trial lawyer turned apple orchardist. part of the madening sibling thing was understanding the control freak nature that my brother had. for example, every year he would send me a box of fruit. the fruit he grew in his gorgeous orchards in washington state. the fruit came with the carl tax where you would get 25 telephone calls before the fruit came, such as, fruit is coming next week, are you going to be home? this is said in a texas
>> this guy was my fantastic, magnet, bossy, difficult, older brother carl. he was the red state to my blue state. all you have to understand to know about how complicated and difficult this relationship was my first memory of my brother was with when he sail me out a window when i was 2 years old and in the san antonio emergency room with a cut on my eye brow. he gave me the gift of a hard head. he went from there to being the youngest member of the john berk society and coming into my...
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the fruit came with the carl tax where you would get 25 telephone calls before the fruit came, such as, fruit is coming next week, are you going to be home? this is said in a texas accent. i would say i don't know. he said you have to be there because they are my pears and precious and have to put them in the refrigerator the minute you come in. i learned to say okay. then the fruit would come and it would be wrapped like a bomb or something, each fruit, each pear. these gorgeous asian pears had sty row foam socks wrapped around them. after the fruit came you'd get a series of phone calls, can i demand a refund from the ups man, are you sure, can you write down what time it came? >> you have been carrying around this story all your life, what happened, why turn it into a book? >> it was a huge decision. it came completely. so many of us carry around this sibling thing in the attic thing. it came to me because something happened in our life which transformed our relationship. it was huge for me and huge for him. we learned how to become a team. and we had, my brother had a crisis and wr
the fruit came with the carl tax where you would get 25 telephone calls before the fruit came, such as, fruit is coming next week, are you going to be home? this is said in a texas accent. i would say i don't know. he said you have to be there because they are my pears and precious and have to put them in the refrigerator the minute you come in. i learned to say okay. then the fruit would come and it would be wrapped like a bomb or something, each fruit, each pear. these gorgeous asian pears...
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there was carl brenner, fantastic apple guy, expert on opera, he was an alpha romantic figure, flew a plane, looked like harrison ford, many lady friends, wine lover connoisseur. why did i think of him as this difficult person and why did he see me as this is his perception, which of course, i am perfectly willing to say that is me, put the mirror up. miss know it all, expert, his perception was that little sister always trying to get attention. this is pathetic, we'd get together and fight over everything. it was like we were back fighting in the backseat of the car. first time i went to the apple orchards, we had a huge fight about how to pick his fruit. i was bruising the apple. you are bruising my fruit. it was pathetic. you get stuck in that role playing because you are stamped with children with the roles. >> the character we see in this thing most of the time is pretty objectively difficult, not just somebody who is always irritated at his sister, but somebody mean, who has made his mother sad and angry and reaction to most things is sour and hostile. how much of that did you e
there was carl brenner, fantastic apple guy, expert on opera, he was an alpha romantic figure, flew a plane, looked like harrison ford, many lady friends, wine lover connoisseur. why did i think of him as this difficult person and why did he see me as this is his perception, which of course, i am perfectly willing to say that is me, put the mirror up. miss know it all, expert, his perception was that little sister always trying to get attention. this is pathetic, we'd get together and fight...
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so that is a tie and now karl campaign -- carl cameron is on the trail but, first, ed henry is here in charlotte, the main guy from the white house. what is the fallout? i thought "incomplete," was a good answer. if i am running for re-election and i have had four years and i want four more, i thought it was a perfect answer but something that the republican rivals would jump right on, right? >>reporter: they are jumping on it. where there is a problem for the president, he has said incomplete before and some democrats say that is a good answer. but one time he told oprah he deserved a b+ and said if he passed health care he would deserve an "a-". now "incomplete," and now paul ryan jumped on that and other democrats say maybe he deserves an a. >> four years into the presidency and incomplete and the president is asking people to be patient. with our kind of recession we should be bouncing out of it creating jobs. we are not crating jobs at pace we could. >> an a for effort, and i give him an "a" for making sure that americans are better off today than they were four years ago. he is b
so that is a tie and now karl campaign -- carl cameron is on the trail but, first, ed henry is here in charlotte, the main guy from the white house. what is the fallout? i thought "incomplete," was a good answer. if i am running for re-election and i have had four years and i want four more, i thought it was a perfect answer but something that the republican rivals would jump right on, right? >>reporter: they are jumping on it. where there is a problem for the president, he has...
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carl rove, and brit human, your thoughts? >> first thought when i see her is that this is an extremely impressive woman. and i think that i agree with chris entirely. that she in delivering it was better than the speech. the one thing, and one thing very to note is that one thing seems to be happening and you saw some of the republican conventions well they get into a derby. each, every speaker seems to be trying to best the previous one in the limited things they had growing up. i mean, i knew barack obama did not grow up rich but i never knew until tonight that he went dumpster diving for furniture and that he drove a rusted out out car and shoes didn't fit that. is news to me. you know? i guess i admire him all the more. >> and ann and mitt romney ate dinner on the ironing board and sawdust bottom. >> there is plenty from both. and one thing michelle obama did was she vouched for her husband as a loving husband and a man of character and she spoke with feeling and conviction about that. it was impressive. you didn't get an
carl rove, and brit human, your thoughts? >> first thought when i see her is that this is an extremely impressive woman. and i think that i agree with chris entirely. that she in delivering it was better than the speech. the one thing, and one thing very to note is that one thing seems to be happening and you saw some of the republican conventions well they get into a derby. each, every speaker seems to be trying to best the previous one in the limited things they had growing up. i mean,...
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>>carl: expectation is rampant. both campaigns have put out memos suggesting expectations are too high for themselves and they are up against insurmountable odds. the obama campaign respondents out that challengers tended it do well in the first debate because it is their first time to stand shoulder to shoulder with the president and have a one to won -- one comparison. and governor romney is saying that president obama devastated john mccain and one poll said john mccain lost by 33 points in that particular debate. both sides are saying opposition is superior. romney understands this is a big deal. the entire month of october will be dedicated to debates. it could be the most important time of the whole campaign and imaren't voters with what could be the biggest area of information. >>shepard: we will look at the latest polls. this are a lot of them out now. more on how the campaigns are trying to tone down expectations for the presidential debate. if you are a candidate you want expectations as low as possible so
>>carl: expectation is rampant. both campaigns have put out memos suggesting expectations are too high for themselves and they are up against insurmountable odds. the obama campaign respondents out that challengers tended it do well in the first debate because it is their first time to stand shoulder to shoulder with the president and have a one to won -- one comparison. and governor romney is saying that president obama devastated john mccain and one poll said john mccain lost by 33...
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[tires squeal] now meet carl who works from the coffee shop and uses the free wi-fi. marie works from there too. she's an identity thief who used a small device to grab his wi-fi signal, then stole enough personal information to hijack and drain his bank accounts. every year, millions of americans learn all it may take to devastate your life is a little personal information in the wrong hands. this is identity theft and no one helps stop it better than lifelock. lifelock offers the most comprehensive identity theft protection, period services may take 30 days to alert you. lifelock's 24/7 proactive protection would have alerted tom as soon as they noticed an attack within their network, and lifelock's bank account takeover alerts d have notified carl in time to help him protect his money. lifelock protects your social security number, money, credit, even the equity in your home. while identity theft can't be completely stopped, no one protects you better than lifelock, and lifelock stands behind that with the power of their $1 million service guarantee. you have so mu
[tires squeal] now meet carl who works from the coffee shop and uses the free wi-fi. marie works from there too. she's an identity thief who used a small device to grab his wi-fi signal, then stole enough personal information to hijack and drain his bank accounts. every year, millions of americans learn all it may take to devastate your life is a little personal information in the wrong hands. this is identity theft and no one helps stop it better than lifelock. lifelock offers the most...
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>>carl: sure. what they do, they explain to folks like me, they believe the samples are skewed for democrats. when you look at the raw data you can see that in most cases there has been an increase of the expected democratic registration larger than what many would argue is probably conceivable given the midterm elections and how close the race has been the last few months. it is close. the romney campaign does not dispute that. president obama has an advantage, and they do not dispute that. they say will debates are important and neither side will throw out the best argument, their biggest ammunition, until the debates, four weeks consecutively, in october, unfold. having said that, governor romney today in ohio with three public stops. that is rare for him. he is upping the schedule as he is increasing the rhetoric and escalating attacks on the president. here is a sample from today. listen. >> talk is cheap. you can be extraordinarily eloquent and describe all the wonderful things you can do. wh
>>carl: sure. what they do, they explain to folks like me, they believe the samples are skewed for democrats. when you look at the raw data you can see that in most cases there has been an increase of the expected democratic registration larger than what many would argue is probably conceivable given the midterm elections and how close the race has been the last few months. it is close. the romney campaign does not dispute that. president obama has an advantage, and they do not dispute...
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let's bring in fox news analyst carl rove who joins us tonight from washington. let's take ohio and florida first. do you believe the polling today? >> no, i don't. and for a very good reason. let's take florida first. got the white board for you. little bit of context here. the biggest poll that we -- the most important thing about a poll is its partisan matrix. the division between republicans, democrats and independents. the biggest poll that we have to understand what the partisan matrix is about are the exit polls. in 2008, florida had three points more democrats than republicans. and in 2004, it had 4 points less democrats than republicans. more republicans than democrats voted in 2004. in 2 point damage to the democrats. the cbs "new york times" poll has 9 points more democrats than republicans. do we really think that the democrat margin over republicans in florida is going to be three times what it was in 2008? that is to say the democrats are that much more wired up? no that's not going to happen. >> wait. let me answer. so the logical question is and t
let's bring in fox news analyst carl rove who joins us tonight from washington. let's take ohio and florida first. do you believe the polling today? >> no, i don't. and for a very good reason. let's take florida first. got the white board for you. little bit of context here. the biggest poll that we -- the most important thing about a poll is its partisan matrix. the division between republicans, democrats and independents. the biggest poll that we have to understand what the partisan...
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congressman ryan is leading the charge against the president it would appear, carl? >> that's right, shep. republicans are making good their pledge to make this the most aggressive counter argument that's ever happened at a convention. they do site he had planned to be in florida at the republic national convention though they were interrupted by isaac. marco rubio, nikki haley, the governor of south carolina, governor of oklahoma as well. ryan gave what was more the most part a standard stump speech signal the question for the week for are you better off now as you were four years ago reagan made famous. here is paul ryan's 2012 rendition. >> every president since the great depression who asked americans to send them into a second term could say you are better off today than you were four years ago except for jimmy carter and for president barack obama. [cheers] the republic national committee will hold daily news conferences, daily attack ads. new commercials from the dnc as well. steady stream of republicans across north carolina and particularly at charlotte all
congressman ryan is leading the charge against the president it would appear, carl? >> that's right, shep. republicans are making good their pledge to make this the most aggressive counter argument that's ever happened at a convention. they do site he had planned to be in florida at the republic national convention though they were interrupted by isaac. marco rubio, nikki haley, the governor of south carolina, governor of oklahoma as well. ryan gave what was more the most part a standard...
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[tires squeal] now meet carl who works from the coffee shop and uses the free wi-fi. marie works from there too. she's an identity thief who used a small device to grab his wi-fi signal, then stole enough personal information to hijack and drain his bank accounts. every year, millions of americans learn all it may take to devastate your life is a little personal information in the wrong hands. this is identity theft and no one helps stop it better than lifelock. lifelock offers the most comprehensive identity theft protection, period. ordinary credit monitoring services may take 30 days to alert you. lifelock's 24/7 proactive protection would have alerted tom as soon as they noticed an attack within their network, before it was too late. and lifelock's bank account takeover alerts could have notified carl in time to help him protect his money. lifelock protects your social security number, money, credit, even the equity in your home. while identity theft can't be completely stopped, no one protects you better than lifelock, and lifelock stands behind that with the pow
[tires squeal] now meet carl who works from the coffee shop and uses the free wi-fi. marie works from there too. she's an identity thief who used a small device to grab his wi-fi signal, then stole enough personal information to hijack and drain his bank accounts. every year, millions of americans learn all it may take to devastate your life is a little personal information in the wrong hands. this is identity theft and no one helps stop it better than lifelock. lifelock offers the most...
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>>gregg: thanking from boston, carl cameron. >>heather: a hero's welcome at ground zero for a group of brave americans, including war veterans. it is the warrior bicycle ride, rolling in to new york city today, they have been riding across the country for the last nine days. we have followed them 3,200 miles from california. the team raised awareness and money to help the children of fallen u.s. vet whose died serving their country. >>gregg: also in new york city today, more than 10,000 runners honoring the first responders who died in the september 11th attack, retracing the steps of a firefighter who had 60 pounds of gear strapped to his back he ranked through the brooklyn tunnel into manhattan to help the victims at ground zero. that is where he also lost his life. here is former new york city mayor giuliani. >> this memorizes the firefighter coming through the tunnel on september 11th with the gear, running to the fire, saving people. he lost his life. his family started this foundation, 30,000 people are here today running.
>>gregg: thanking from boston, carl cameron. >>heather: a hero's welcome at ground zero for a group of brave americans, including war veterans. it is the warrior bicycle ride, rolling in to new york city today, they have been riding across the country for the last nine days. we have followed them 3,200 miles from california. the team raised awareness and money to help the children of fallen u.s. vet whose died serving their country. >>gregg: also in new york city today, more...
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carl? >> reporter: hi, megyn. a couple hundred miles away and very much focused on what's happening with the democratic national convention. today the republican running mate paul ryan will be having an event near greenville. we're in the middle of the introductions now, and you can expect him to immediately go after democrats and the obama administration for their inability over the weekend to answer with a straight yes or no the question of whether you're better off now than you were four years ago. it was the democratic mayor of maryland, martin o'malley, who said now, and then this morning top aides came forward and said, well, absolutely things are better. republicans are going to say it's clearly an example of democrats not knowing where the economy is, and republicans will argue that democrats are out of touch. there is a poll out now by the associated press that suggests that by a better than 2 to 1 margin most americans think they are about where they were four years ago or that things are worse whereas 2
carl? >> reporter: hi, megyn. a couple hundred miles away and very much focused on what's happening with the democratic national convention. today the republican running mate paul ryan will be having an event near greenville. we're in the middle of the introductions now, and you can expect him to immediately go after democrats and the obama administration for their inability over the weekend to answer with a straight yes or no the question of whether you're better off now than you were...
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and interesting we hear carl earlier in the program in the newshour, and he talked about imported from detroit. that story of chrysler. chrysler paid off its bailed loan from the federal government six years early. these are all successes. >> woodruff: here's my question about what we're watching. maybe it's about what happened at conventions but on the campaign trial, you just watch the ads you hear lots of conversations about bain and mitt romney's taxes. there had been glancing mentions in this campaign, this convention so far to mitt romney's taxes and we just saw the biggest about mitt romney's history at bain. it feels like we're looking at the flip side of the sale christ but we're -- same conversation but we're not really having it. >> it points to the past. >> ifill: there's something different happening in the campaign trail than what's happening in this convention hall. >> it's a very different convention from 7:00 to 10:00 pm and 10:00 pm on. 7:00 pm are debates and the only people watching are hard core party members. >> ifill: like us. >> or some people are paid to do it.
and interesting we hear carl earlier in the program in the newshour, and he talked about imported from detroit. that story of chrysler. chrysler paid off its bailed loan from the federal government six years early. these are all successes. >> woodruff: here's my question about what we're watching. maybe it's about what happened at conventions but on the campaign trial, you just watch the ads you hear lots of conversations about bain and mitt romney's taxes. there had been glancing...
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carl cameron, campaign guy, live in vermont with governor romney. and ed henry live here. obama campaign staffers are saying the incomplete comment isn't really anything new at all. >> that's because you're right. he has said this before, when interviewers asked him. what they're not mentioning is that after his first year in office, oprah winfrey asked him this question and at that time, the president did not say incomplete. he said he deserved a b plus and said if he passed health care reform valley, he should get an a minus. that gives you an idea of what he once said examine what he's saying now. then there was this, the convention chairman, mayor of los angeles, today came out and suggested that just for trying to turn around the economy, the president deserves even higher marks. take a listen. >> i give him an a for effort. i give him an a for making sure that americans are better off today than they were four years ago. i think he's being humble when he says that. i do believe that we need four more years. >> the obama campaign believes that the president will get h
carl cameron, campaign guy, live in vermont with governor romney. and ed henry live here. obama campaign staffers are saying the incomplete comment isn't really anything new at all. >> that's because you're right. he has said this before, when interviewers asked him. what they're not mentioning is that after his first year in office, oprah winfrey asked him this question and at that time, the president did not say incomplete. he said he deserved a b plus and said if he passed health care...
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carl in l.a. -- did you say we're overobsessing about the groups that romney picked off in the 47%? no, what i said is we're not obsessing over the fact that 47% aren't paying income taxes. something is wrong in a country when the tax base shrunk to half the people in this country. alarming trend. unless interested in whose nose is out of joint, more interested in fix this joint and this country. cal in new york city -- i think you're exactly right. we're focusing on nonsense that the media pushing it knows it. good for you. and r.e. -- cavuto and the cowboy make more snense seven minutes than the other yammering pundits have the last seven days. connor at yahoo -- cavuto, you say romney smart. why does he look so stupid? as i told don imus we'll know if he is stupid come aelection day. no need to rush egg on anyone's face right now. sam in l.a. -- imus is right to doubt you. he knows clueless when he sees it. alex via yahoo -- i don't know who is worse, the cowboy on oxygen or the clueless anchor. neil in texas takes offense to imus' tone. i'm done with imus. it realize he has to p
carl in l.a. -- did you say we're overobsessing about the groups that romney picked off in the 47%? no, what i said is we're not obsessing over the fact that 47% aren't paying income taxes. something is wrong in a country when the tax base shrunk to half the people in this country. alarming trend. unless interested in whose nose is out of joint, more interested in fix this joint and this country. cal in new york city -- i think you're exactly right. we're focusing on nonsense that the media...
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that is what they are grappling with versus if you talked to carl rove in understanding that we have a way to reach out to hispanics. they have a leash. if obama wins, it is hard to imagine that conversation. >> what are you saying in your polling? >> absolutely. it is all consistent. you were talking about the way the parties in the media have been talking about the women's vote. it drives me crazy you. talking about the educational difference, there is no women's vote. what is interesting about 1 in women voters, they have been underperforming for obama. ireally since 2009. this is the group that should be reporting. that plays out in the 2010 election. what we're seeing now is that we're taking a long time to bring women back to where they were. obama is still under performing. right now he is winning web i've got nine points. he cannot win this without a majority of women. what is interesting about women's issue, it does have a limited attachment to this. i do not see in the next couple of cycles the republican party becoming more liberal. i think abortion is such an important li
that is what they are grappling with versus if you talked to carl rove in understanding that we have a way to reach out to hispanics. they have a leash. if obama wins, it is hard to imagine that conversation. >> what are you saying in your polling? >> absolutely. it is all consistent. you were talking about the way the parties in the media have been talking about the women's vote. it drives me crazy you. talking about the educational difference, there is no women's vote. what is...
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carl? >> hey, melissa. obviously a lot of reaction from the gop expected later on this morning as we got the jobs number. 96,000, as you point out, 8.3% down to 8.1%. the big question will be what is politically more potent? the payroll number or the unemployment rate? if we have time, we hope to get the vice presidential candidate on bernanke, on the likelihood of q.e. 3, on the deficit, on what obama and clinton said earlier this week at the dnc. a lot to get to. but a lot more corporate news in addition to job this is morning. i know you guys have that covered top to bottom. >> we look forward to that interview. we want to get you caught up on where the futures markets are standing. we had a big global rally. here we have the futures markets have pared their gains. keep in mind that the dow had closed at the highest levels in many years here, since december '07. holding on to some gains here. s&p 500 looking at 2.5 at the hope. as for the picture over in europe, holding on to the gains across the board.
carl? >> hey, melissa. obviously a lot of reaction from the gop expected later on this morning as we got the jobs number. 96,000, as you point out, 8.3% down to 8.1%. the big question will be what is politically more potent? the payroll number or the unemployment rate? if we have time, we hope to get the vice presidential candidate on bernanke, on the likelihood of q.e. 3, on the deficit, on what obama and clinton said earlier this week at the dnc. a lot to get to. but a lot more...
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[tires squeal] now meet carl who works from the coffee shop and uses the free wi-fi. marie works from there too. she's an identity thief who used a small device to grab his wi-fi signal, then stole enough personal information to hijack and drain his bank accounts. every year, millions of americans learn all it may take to devastate your life is a little personal information in the wrong hands. this is identity theft and no one helps stop it better than lifelock. lifelock offers the most comprehensive identity theft protection, period services may take 30 days to alert you. lifelock's 24/7 proactive protection would have alerted tom as soon as they noticed an attack within their network, and lifelock's bank account takeover alerts d have notified carl in time to help him protect his money. lifelock protects your social security number, money, credit, even the equity in your home. while identity theft can't be completely stopped, no one protects you better than lifelock, and lifelock stands behind that with the power of their $1 million service guarantee. you have so mu
[tires squeal] now meet carl who works from the coffee shop and uses the free wi-fi. marie works from there too. she's an identity thief who used a small device to grab his wi-fi signal, then stole enough personal information to hijack and drain his bank accounts. every year, millions of americans learn all it may take to devastate your life is a little personal information in the wrong hands. this is identity theft and no one helps stop it better than lifelock. lifelock offers the most...
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good morning. >> reporter: hi, carl, yeah. plenty going on here lately and plenty involving the royal family. we saw prince andrew rappel down the side of the tallest building in western europe, one young royal is about to make a much needed positive appearance. high-profile royal stunts go, this might be the most extreme. bond style parachuting entrance, this one is real. prince andrew let 39 others including british marines on ropes down the side. >> slipped the whole way down the first section. >> reporter: the tallest building in these parts at more than 1,000 feet. each participant had to raise $40,000 benefiting outward bound and military. >> this was all prince andrew's idea. he looks out of his window at buckingham palace and said i'm going to do that. by doing this he's raising something like $2 million. >> reporter: the royal family has been hugely supportive of superhuman feats lately at the and they've coordinated in other ways like wearing polo shirts and matching sneakers. dressed down and in the rain. and kate e
good morning. >> reporter: hi, carl, yeah. plenty going on here lately and plenty involving the royal family. we saw prince andrew rappel down the side of the tallest building in western europe, one young royal is about to make a much needed positive appearance. high-profile royal stunts go, this might be the most extreme. bond style parachuting entrance, this one is real. prince andrew let 39 others including british marines on ropes down the side. >> slipped the whole way down the...
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we're already seen the report from senator carl levin. a democrat. head of the senate permanent subcommittee on investigations. senator levin said that he found significant abuses inside many american companies. >> multi-nationals have avoided billions of dollars in taxes using these offshore gimmicks. they have benefited greatly. but these loopholes and abuses exact a tremendous cost. >> reporter: there are two companies in the crosshairs today. first is microsoft. senate report saying from 2009 to 2011 microsoft was able to shift offshore nearly $21 billion or almost half its u.s. retail sales net revenue saving up to $4.5 billion in taxes on goods sold in the united states. we talked to microsoft. here's what they told us. they say, microsoft has a complex business and we must comply with the complicated tax code of the united states, resulting in an exceedingly complex tax structure. second company in the crosshairs here today is going to be hewlett-packa hewlett-packard. the senate committee saying since at least 2008, hp has used billions of do
we're already seen the report from senator carl levin. a democrat. head of the senate permanent subcommittee on investigations. senator levin said that he found significant abuses inside many american companies. >> multi-nationals have avoided billions of dollars in taxes using these offshore gimmicks. they have benefited greatly. but these loopholes and abuses exact a tremendous cost. >> reporter: there are two companies in the crosshairs today. first is microsoft. senate report...